http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.de/2018/02/behind-declining-labor-share-of-income.html
This macroeconomic trend is in my opinion among the biggest issues of the early 21st century.
I'm pretty sure that cheaper IT is but one of the top 10 causes. Germany had an outright shock with a huge drop in %GDP labour income when Schröder's neoliberal "Agenda 2010" reforms took effect after a decade of employer-side propaganda about national competitiveness.
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I'm not going to comment on the German politics of the month. It proved wise to not waste attention and blog space when a Jamaica coalition was discussed, and I will wait till there's really a coalition.